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June 9, 2006Worldwide: Tropical forests at risk The Japan-based International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) reported May 25 that 95 percent of the world’s tropical forests either are not managed sustainably or are unprotected. “It is clear … that...
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Conservative wins Peruvian election
June 9, 2006Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia, whose 1985-90 term left his country in economic ruin, won a runoff election against left-of-center former army officer Ollanta Humala, preliminary results showed June 6. Garcia held a seemingly insurmountable lead...
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WHATS REALLY GOOD: A different kind of road trip
June 9, 2006The moment Chicago members of the Young Communist League picked me up to go to the YCL’s national convention in Brooklyn, I could tell this was going to be a different experience for me. A meal...
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NATIONALCLIPS
June 9, 2006FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.: Wal-Mart is hazardous to your health As Wal-Mart stockholders streamed into their annual meeting June 2, scores of labor activists — decked out in hazmat suits, displaying health hazard signs, and standing behind yellow...
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Bush immigration speech not good news
June 7, 2006Last week, both houses of Congress having passed immigration reform legislation, President Bush spoke on immigration again. Because he called for less “harsh language and unnecessary politics,” the corporate media has interpreted his speech as pro-immigrant....
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